6th July - Today's News: Heatwaves Hit Britain & NE USA

Summer has arrived in Britain and, across the south at least, looks set to stay for some considerable time. Temperatures are predicted to get close to 30c in the Home Counties, and perhaps across towards Worcestershire on Sunday (my garden, for example) though it may turn just slightly cooler through next week. But it's agony for hay fever sufferers as temperatures oar to 30c

And showing the Irish really are daft as a brush, Republic of Ireland time zone change considered by Parliament - shifting to Alpha (central European) Time would mean that Belmullet, for example, would see the sun set in June at 11.15pm (and therefore be daylight until well after 'mignight') - but not rise in December until 10am ..... I'm sure Irish mothers will love that!

The idea of this blog is to produce a regular round up of global weather and related news stories which then acts as an archive. Some links may be lost in time but by searching the original headline on Google it should be possible to find related stories. Additionally, it gives me somewhere to add my own thoughts on some stories, as the mood takes me.